Recently I have been wanting to do an avant-garde hair shoot. I just needed to find the right stylist to work with. A few weeks ago I met Devan Aledia Ford who is a fantastic hair stylist. When I told her about my desire to do a stylized hair shoot, she took the idea and ran with it. She conceptualized a spring-themed, fairytale-inspired shoot. She even styled the wardrobe and did the makeup (never underestimate the power of a great stylist).
My lighting setup was pretty simple. I used four, bare bulb speedlites. As you may notice in the lighting diagram below, I am using the lighting setup that I developed using gaffers tape to shape my main light.
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I would not be using a 35mm, still too much distortion for my eye.
Agree
Maybe it's just me, but this dead-flat lighting that seems to be all the rage right now does nothing for me. Such an elaborate lighting setup just to flatten images?
With a hair shoot, shouldn't a greater depth of field, in order to keep all of the hair in focus, be a requirement?
I really like these lighting diagrams at the end of the sample photos. They really spell things out quicker than a thousand words. Thanks!
nice job, thanks for showing us the lighting setup, its very informative.